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[pscEx]

File Name: localDriver
File Submitter: pscEx
File Submitted: 20 Apr 2012
File Updated: 23 Nov 2015
File Category: Tools

LocalDriver is a tool which grabs the NIC, Audio or Video driver from the user's PC and generates a WinBuilder script which can be added to WinBuilder projects.
During build installs that script the grabbed driver into the PE.

The advantage compared with DriverPacks: When you only have some systems where you want to use the built PE, this method needs much less PE space and much less build and boot time.

The advantage compared with hostAUD / hostNIC / hostVID: You do not need RAM boot to have a writable running PE.

The .zip contains also the latest version of reg2WBSprg.exe which is needed by localDriver.exe.

Currently localDriver works with NIC, audio and video drivers.

When somebody has a driver which does not run on your PE:

• Try with the XP track of multiPE
• If the issue still exists, post your *.inf.

Click here to download this file

[pscEx]

Reserved for maintenance messages

[pscEx]

Version 2.0.0 is uploaded.

What's New in Version 2.0.0

• Added ability to grab video drivers.
• Added progress bar to GUI (video drivers need long time)
• Fixed bug in option "Insatll during boot"
• Several smaller fixes and enhancements

Peter

[MedEvil]

Does your reference to NIC include wireless NIC?
Version 2 can also do video drivers. Does the program check the device group and will abort, when i try to use it with, for instance, a audio driver?

[pscEx]

Does your reference to NIC include wireless NIC?

I do not know. I have no wireless and cannot test.
Try whether wireless NIC is shown in the devices scroll box.
If not, send me a *.reg of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServices<your driver>
and a *.reg of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetEnumPCI

Version 2 can also do video drivers. Does the program check the device group and will abort, when i try to use it with, for instance, a audio driver?

The type of the driver (currently Audio, NIC, Video) is defined in a scroll box, and the localHost program only offers only devices of this typ.

BTW: Some drivers, e.g. Intel Video, have hardcoded "C:Windows" in the registry and I'm currently converting to booting PE values.

Peter

[pscEx]

Uploaded new version

What's New in Version 2.0.2

• Fixed bug which caused "Unknown Software Error" when running in a path with space in name.

Peter

[TheHive]

Added progress bar to GUI (video drivers need long time)

 

Tried Nic,video, Audio. Could not get it localDriver
to work create the scripts.

Can you give a time estimate to how long is a "long time".

[pscEx]

There is a bug wich lets hang localDriver when running under win7.

 

I'm going to fix next days.

 

Peter